WORLD'S BEST BUTTER COOKIES
I tested 8 different butter cookie recipes, looking for the "perfect" butter cookie. It had to be buttery, a little crumbly (like shortbread), and not too sweet. This is the winner. I think these are the Worlds Best Butter Cookie, courtesy of Chef Alice Medrich.
Provided by P48422
Categories Dessert
Time 33m
Yield 48 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Beat the butter, sugar, salt and vanilla together until smooth and creamy.
- Mix in the egg yolk until well incorporated, scraping down the sides of the bowl at least once.
- Add the flour and mix just until incorporated.
- Scrape onto a lightly floured board and knead a few times, just until the dough smooths out.
- Turn onto a sheet of plastic wrap and roll into a log, wrap up and refrigerate for several hours or freeze.
- Before baking, preheat the oven to 325°F.
- Line your baking sheets with parchment.
- Slice the dough into slices about 1/8" thick and place them on the sheets about an inch apart (they won't be spreading very much, but they need air room around each cookie).
- Bake until JUST beginning to turn golden around the edges, about 16-18 minutes.
- Note: you can do many things with these cookies.
- You could roll the dough out and cut shapes.
- You could slice them even thinner and sandwich them with chocolate or jam or lemon curd.
- You could make them and then dip them half into chocolate.
- You could just make them and eat them, which is my favorite.
- Whatever you do, they will be delicious.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 66.5, Fat 4, SaturatedFat 2.5, Cholesterol 14, Sodium 12.9, Carbohydrate 7.1, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 3.1, Protein 0.6
THE BEST BUTTER COOKIES
Your search is over -- this perfect butter cookie will stay in your recipe box for years. It's crisp, yet tender and perfect for tea for two or cookies for Santa. Plus, you have the choice to make drop cookies or a slice-and-bake version!
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 45m
Yield 36 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Add the butter and granulated sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat on high speed for a full 2 minutes, scraping down the bowl halfway through the mixing; the butter should be very light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat on medium speed until well combined. Add half the dry ingredients and beat on low speed to combine. Scrape down the mixing bowl before adding the remaining dry ingredients and beat to combine. Refrigerate for 1 hour in the bowl for drop cookies, or form into a 1-inch log for slice-and-bake cookies.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the turbinado sugar in a small bowl. For drop cookies, scoop the cookie dough with a 1 tablespoon-size cookie scoop and then dip the tops of the cookie dough balls into the sugar. Place onto the prepared baking sheet.
- For slice-and-bake cookies, cut the log into 1/2-inch-thick rounds. Press the tops into the sugar and place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake the cookies until slightly puffed and lightly golden on the bottom, about 15 minutes.
BETTER BUTTER COOKIES
These cookies are really peanut buttery. For all those peanut butter lovers out there, this is the cookie for YOU!! Read the reviews before making.
Provided by Laura
Categories Desserts Cookies Peanut Butter Cookie Recipes
Yield 48
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Sift together the flour, and baking soda, set aside. In a medium bowl, cream the white sugar and brown sugar with the butter. Stir in the eggs, one at a time, then the vanilla and peanut butter. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and stir until combined. Finally, stir in the nuts.
- Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool on wire racks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 103.1 calories, Carbohydrate 11.5 g, Cholesterol 21.8 mg, Fat 5.7 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.6 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 112.4 mg, Sugar 6.8 g
BUTTER COOKIES
These cookies make great ornaments! Snowmen, candy canes, stars, moons, holly leaves, reindeer, lighthouses, bells and fir trees galore. These are just a few of the cookie cutters we used making these wonderfully rich cookies. Paint each cookie with confectioner's sugar glaze and decorate with different colored sugars or you may sprinkle sugar on cookies before they bake.What fun! This recipe from Land O' Lakes.
Provided by Aroostook
Categories Dessert
Time 23m
Yield 24 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Combine 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar, 1 cup butter, egg and 1 tsp vanilla in large bowl.
- Beat on low, scraping bowl often, until creamy.
- Sift in flour and baking soda and beat until well mixed.
- Divide dough in half.
- Cover each half in plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate until firm (at least 2 hours).
- Preheat oven to 375°F Roll out 1/2 the dough on lightly floured surface (I use 1/2 flour 1/2 confectioners sugar).
- Keep remaining dough chilled.
- Roll dough out to 1/8 to 1/4-inch thickness.
- Cut with 4-inch cookie cutter.
- Place 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Sprinkle with decorator sugars, if desired.
- Bake for 6 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
- Ornaments:.
- While cookies are still warm, use toothpick to make holes for ribbons to hang cookies as ornaments.
- Cool completely.
- Frosting or filling: Combine 2 cups powdered sugar, 1/4 cup butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla in small bowl.
- Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often and adding enough milk for desired frosting consistency.
- Tint with food color, if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 199.8, Fat 9.9, SaturatedFat 6.2, Cholesterol 33.3, Sodium 140.7, Carbohydrate 26.2, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 16, Protein 1.7
THE NEELYS' BUTTER COOKIES
Customize the texture of the Neelys' butter cookies by adjusting the thickness of the dough. Roll it thin if you want crisp cookies and thick if you like softer ones.
Provided by Patrick and Gina Neely : Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 3h7m
Yield 24 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Sift together the flour and salt into a large bowl.
- Put the butter into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, and beat on medium speed until fluffy and light, about 2 minutes. Add the confectioners' sugar and vanilla, and mix until combined. Reduce the speed to low, and slowly add the flour and salt mixture to the butter and sugar mixture, mixing on low speed until the dough comes together and is smooth. Turn the dough out onto a sheet of plastic wrap. Cut the dough into quarters, wrap each piece in plastic wrap, and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
- When you're ready to bake the cookies, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line two 9 by 13-inch baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Remove the dough from the refrigerator and let it soften slightly. Using a rolling pin dusted with flour, roll out one of the dough quarters, (keeping the others refrigerated until you need them), on a lightly floured work surface to 1/4- to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut the cookies into the desired shapes, and then use a metal spatula to transfer the cookies to one of the prepared baking sheets, spacing about 1 1/2 inches apart. Sprinkle the cookies with decorating sugar, if desired.
- Repeat with the remaining dough.
- Bake the cookies until they are light brown around the edges and on the bottom, 8 to 12 minutes. Cool briefly on the sheets, and use a metal spatula to transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
ULTIMATE BUTTER COOKIE
Steps:
- In a large bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter with the sugar, salt and egg yolk until smooth. Blend in the flour until the mixture blends into a smooth dough. Wrap the dough in a plastic bag and refrigerate 1/2 hour or up to two days.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Roll out the dough on a lightly-floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters. Place on lightly-greased cookie sheets. Sprinkle with decorating sugar. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
BUTTER COOKIES
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 2h45m
Yield 3 dozen cookies
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Combine 8 tablespoons of the butter, egg yolk, sugar, pinch of salt and flour. When ingredients are completely blended, divide the dough in half. Roll each dough half into a cylinder, about 1 1/2 inches in diameter and 6 inches long. Wrap each cylinder in wax paper and then in foil. Refrigerate until hard or for at least 2 hours. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease 2 cookie sheets with remaining tablespoon of butter. Remove dough from fridge and slice each cylinder crosswise into 1/4-inch rounds. Place the rounds on the prepared cookie sheets, but don't crowd them as they spread during baking. Brush the tops with reserved egg white. Center some sliced almonds on each cookie and bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until the edges begin to brown. Cool on a cookie rack. Delicious served with strawberries simply macerated in sugar.
BUTTER COOKIES RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: unsalted butter, granulated sugar, large egg, milk, all purpose flour, kosher salt, baking soda, powdered sugar, unsalted butter, vanilla extract, condensed milk, food coloring, sprinkles, candy
Provided by Matthew Johnson
Categories Desserts
Yield 24 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, combine the butter and sugar. Cream together with an electric hand mixer until the butter is light and fluffy,
- Add the egg and milk, and continue beating until smooth. Set aside.
- In medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and beat to combine until the dough comes together.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to ¼-inch (¾ cm) thick. Cut out shapes with cookie cutters of your choice. Re-roll the excess dough and cut out more shapes until all of the dough is used. Transfer the cookies to the prepared baking sheet, spacing about 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart.
- Bake for 6-8 minutes, or until the cookies are firm around the edges but still soft at the centers. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Make the frosting: In a large bowl, combine the powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, and condensed milk. Beat with an electric hand mixer until creamy and smooth. Divide the frosting between smaller bowls and add food coloring, if desired.
- Decorate the cookies with the frosting, sprinkles, and candies.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 409 calories, Carbohydrate 70 grams, Fat 13 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 2 grams, Sugar 57 grams
BUTTER COOKIES V
Slice and bake cookies!
Provided by SAMM
Categories Desserts Cookies Refrigerator Cookie Recipes
Time 2h10m
Yield 84
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in the yolks one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Shape dough into logs about 2 inches in diameter. Wrap in waxed paper and refrigerate or freeze until firm.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Unwrap rolls. You can roll the logs in nuts or sprinkles before slicing. Slice into 3/8 inch wide slices. Place slices 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Do not brown. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 79.7 calories, Carbohydrate 8.7 g, Cholesterol 21.4 mg, Fat 4.7 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.9 g, SaturatedFat 2.9 g, Sodium 45.5 mg, Sugar 3.6 g
BEST EVER BUTTER SUGAR COOKIES
I can't believe this recipe wasn't already posted. I've made these for years as my standard cut-out sugar cookie recipe. They taste great, stay soft, and the dough is easy to work with, even in our dry climate! I think I got the recipe off of a Land o' Lakes butter package over 20 years ago. They're called 'best ever' for a reason.
Provided by MsFunnybones
Categories Dessert
Time 15m
Yield 36 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Combine butter, sugar, and egg in large mixer bowl. Beat at medium speed until creamy. Reduce speed to low; add flour, orange juice, vanilla, and baking powder. Beat until well mixed. Divide dough into thirds. Wrap in plastic wrap and shape into disks. Refrigerate until firm (about 2-3 hours).
- Heat oven to 400 degrees. On lightly floured surface roll out dough, 1/3 at a time (keeping remaining dough refrigerated). Roll to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut with cookie cutters. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Sprinkle with decorative sugars if you don't plan on frosting them. Bake 6-10 minutes or until edges are very lightly browned. Cool completely.
- Frost or decorate as desired.
- Preparation time does not include time in refrigerator.
EASY BUTTER COOKIES I
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
- Mix together all ingredients until well-blended.
- Roll 2-inch sized pieces of dough into balls and place on cookie sheet. Flatten each with the back of a fork.
- Bake 13 to 15 minutes until light brown. Let cool on wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 81.7 calories, Carbohydrate 8.4 g, Cholesterol 13.6 mg, Fat 5.2 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.6 g, SaturatedFat 3.2 g, Sodium 1 mg, Sugar 2.8 g
BUTTER COOKIES
These cookies are a Christmas tradition in our home...A very delicious tradition, I might add! Try them in your holiday baking and see what you think! (Prep time includes rolling cookie dough into balls)
Provided by SilentCricket
Categories Dessert
Time 40m
Yield 1 batch
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Cream sugar and butter.
- Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Roll dough into balls the size of walnuts.
- Place on ungreased baking sheet (s).
- Flatten balls slightly with your hand, then with a fork.
- Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes until slightly browned.
- Remove from baking sheets and place on rack to cool.
- ***Sprinklewith colored sugar at Christmas time for that festive touch!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 3622.7, Fat 191.9, SaturatedFat 118.7, Cholesterol 674, Sodium 2281.8, Carbohydrate 439.5, Fiber 8.4, Sugar 201.3, Protein 40.5
BETTY CROCKER'S BUTTER COOKIES
These cutout cookies are crisp, buttery, and so-o good. They are my choice for delicate, flavorful Easter cookies, and I cannot believe they aren't already posted here. I use cookie cutters in traditional Easter shapes. A round cutter with scalloped edges makes beautiful cookies as well. Or use the comfort-grip cutters in an egg shape. Folks who think they are too old to decorate hard-cooked eggs will love decorating these cookies! Chillling time is not included in the timing of these cookies.
Provided by Lorraine of AZ
Categories Dessert
Time 42m
Yield 3 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Mix the butter, sugar, and egg together thoroughly. Stir in the flavoring extract you have chosen.
- Sift the flour and baking powder together and stir inches Chill dough.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Rool dough very thin (1/8-inch) on a floured surface. Use cookie cutters to cut into desired shapes. Place on ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake in preheated oven for 5 to 7 minutes. Remove cookies when they are golden not browned. Place sheets of cookies on cooling racks to cool.
- After ten minutes remove cookies from baking sheets and finish cooling on racks.
- Baked, cooled cookies may be frosed with pastel frosting or the frosting may be piped around the edges.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1151.4, Fat 64.2, SaturatedFat 39.6, Cholesterol 233.2, Sodium 522.2, Carbohydrate 129.1, Fiber 3.4, Sugar 33.8, Protein 15.7
BUTTER COOKIES II
This is a simple butter cookie that can be used in a cookie press, as a drop cookie or made into a roll and sliced. There is no mystery cookie for a cookie press...any stiff butter type can be used. Just be sure to chill it thoroughly so it keeps its shape while baking.
Provided by Ceil Wallace
Categories Desserts Cookies Refrigerator Cookie Recipes
Time 1h40m
Yield 36
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour and salt; stir into the sugar mixture. Cover dough, and chill for at least one hour. Chill cookie sheets.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Press dough out onto ungreased, chilled cookie sheets.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly golden at the edges. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 103.1 calories, Carbohydrate 12.7 g, Cholesterol 18.7 mg, Fat 5.3 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.2 g, SaturatedFat 3.3 g, Sodium 54.6 mg, Sugar 5.6 g
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